Memphis boy killed in Saturday night hit-and-run

A two-year-old boy was killed Saturday night in a hit-and-run in a parking lot in Memphis.

According to Memphis police, the incident happened just after 7:00 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Wash World Laundromat, located in the 1300 block of Getwell, near Fizer.

The suspect's vehicle, described as a silver Ford Expedition, was backing up when it struck the child as he and his father were walking into the laundromat. The suspect drove away, heading north on Getwell.

The boy's father said a man was driving the Expedition, with three or four women also inside.

Firefighters rushed the boy to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials with the Memphis Police Department asked anyone with information about the incident to call CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.